At the risk of being unpopluar I enjoy feeding live to my burm. I video it every single time. I used to only feed him live but they are right! F/T is way safer and convenient. The problem I ran into was freezer burn. I bought a 10 pack of collosal rats and it took my snake over 2 months to eat them (2 each meal). I've been asked why my snake is so skinny but I don't think he is. Allot of owners overfeed their snakes and that's not good either. When I do feed live I keep a close eye on the rats teeth and feet. I believe the snakes skin/scales is really tough. So far no penetration. If the rat starts to bite I'll pinch its nose and pull off so it can't bite down. The other day I hooked it's teeth with a wire after the strike. I enjoy the excitement and interaction. BUT! I do almost always feed him fresh P/K from my cages.

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• Live prey items??? - rich-k, Wed Mar 17 09:49:39 2004
• RE: Live prey items??? - Raven01, Wed Mar 17 14:55:49 2004
• RE: Live prey items??? - athos_76, Wed Mar 17 16:31:37 2004
• RE: Live prey items??? - rsalib, Wed Mar 17 18:48:48 2004
• I used to think the same way...... - Raven01, Thu Mar 18 09:13:35 2004
• RE: I used to think the same way...... - rich-k, Thu Mar 18 12:06:42 2004
• RE: Live prey items??? - CaptainHook2, Thu Mar 18 12:12:48 2004
• RE: I used to think the same way...... - CaptainHook2, Thu Mar 18 12:32:16 2004
• Feeding Live for your enjoyment is immature and irresponsible? - toddbecker, Thu Mar 18 17:03:53 2004
• I used to also until... - Sybella, Thu Mar 18 21:28:25 2004
• RE: I used to think the same way...... - rich-k, Fri Mar 19 09:32:11 2004
• RE: Feeding Live for your enjoyment is immature and irresponsible? - CaptainHook2, Fri Mar 19 11:03:55 2004
• RE: I used to think the same way...... - CaptainHook2, Fri Mar 19 11:09:45 2004
• RE: I used to think the same way...... - rich-k, Fri Mar 19 19:34:48 2004
• So what did you do.... - AnacondaKeeper, Fri Mar 19 20:19:49 2004
• Solved.... - AnacondaKeeper, Fri Mar 19 20:34:46 2004
• RE: So what did you do.... - toddbecker, Fri Mar 19 22:00:53 2004
• RE: So what did you do.... - Sybella, Fri Mar 19 23:05:34 2004
• From your posted picture, I'd say your snake is just right. : - ) np - Sybella, Fri Mar 19 23:15:39 2004
• RE: So what did you do.... - lilroach56, Sat Mar 20 17:45:45 2004
• Parasites and bacteria are two very different things. np - Sybella, Sat Mar 20 22:04:09 2004
• thanks for pointing that out np - lilroach56, Sun Mar 21 17:56:43 2004
• RE: So what did you do.... - karizmaflip, Fri Apr 2 13:06:59 2004